Intro Flashcards
1
Q
Power of Abstraction
A
A well understood interface to underlying subsystems.
2
Q
The system that connects cpu and memory
A
A bridge connects the I/O bus and the system buffer
3
Q
which bus is higher speed system or I/O
A
system
4
Q
what connects the system and I/O bus
A
bridge
5
Q
which bus would a frame buffer be on
A
system
6
Q
which bus would the mouse be on
A
I/O
7
Q
Job of the OS
A
protected access to hardware resources. Arbitrate among competing request
8
Q
What does the memory footprint contain?
A
Stack, heap and global data
9
Q
What is a program
A
Static image loaded into memory
10
Q
what is a process
A
a program in execution
